| Engels > Nederlands |
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| lightning |
| 1. bliksem, weerlicht |
| Engels > Engels |
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| lightning |
| 1. n. A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth. |
| Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder. |
| 2. n. A discharge of this kind. |
| The lightning was hot enough to melt the sand. |
| That tree was hit by lightning. |
| 3. n. (figuratively) Anything that moves very fast. |
| 4. n. The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers. |
| 5. adj. Extremely fast or sudden. |
| 6. adj. Moving at the speed of lightning. |
| 7. v. (impersonal, childish, or nonstandard) To produce lightning. |
